I try to explain Trump’s political allure to my son. I do not succeed.
Category Archives: International and national
Sinema is running against Trump, whether she wants to or not
Notebook: National Democrats will turn the election into a referendum on Trump, irrespective of what Sinema wants; and why the enthusiasm for Ann Kirkpatrick?
The internet didn’t need a net neutrality fix
The story of the internet before the FCC adopted net neutrality was one of rapidly improving performance and expanding consumer choices.
McCain didn’t abandon priniciple to vote for tax reform
If McCain doesn’t vote with Democrats, is that an abandonment of his principles? According to liberal critics, the answer apparently is yes.
McCain is wrong about the Trump effect in foreign policy
I wish the Trump effect wasn’t so erratic. But if it causes other democracies to do more on their own, is that really a bad thing?
Of RINOs and the popes of conservatism
Since success in politics is determined by addition, why the obsession with defining people out of one’s political communion?
On individual taxes, Senate plan is even worse
Why has the GOP abandoned the formula of broadening the base, consolidating brackets and lowering rates?
Social conservative obstacles to pro-growth tax reform
A letter from Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs illustrates why GOP tax reform is probably doomed, and will disappoint if passed.
Better our headaches than those of the autocrats
There is waning confidence in democratic governance, but it still have a resilience autocracies lack, as Saudi Arabia and China illustrate.
On occupational deregulation, watch Arizona
Nationally, the left is joining the right in seeing occupational licensing as excessively restrictive and locking out those trying to climb the lower rungs of the economic ladder. Arizona will be a place to watch to see if that matters.